In Jinan, every "good tree" can grow into a forest.

Recently, Jinan released analysis data on the operation of the private economy for 2025, and a set of figures is striking: the number of valid invention patents held by private enterprises accounts for 56.4% of the city, with a year-on-year growth of 25%, exceeding the city’s average growth rate by 6.3 percentage points; in the field of artificial intelligence, the proportion of private enterprises has even reached 87.4%.

This set of data not only vividly illustrates the innovative vitality of Jinan’s private economy but also reflects a profound logic: the vigorous rise of the private economy is never the solitary battle of a single market entity but is the inevitable result nourished by the “fertile soil” of a city’s business environment.

In Jinan, private enterprises have become the absolute main force in innovation and creation. Behind the impressive data are the efforts of countless enterprises that dare to take risks, lead the way, and are the solid results of Jinan’s continuous optimization of the business environment, which constantly activates market vitality and releases development dividends.

For the private economy to “lighten the load,” it relies on a series of prerequisite guarantees. On the road to development, enterprises fear cumbersome administrative approvals the most and long for a fair and just market environment. In recent years, Jinan has launched a series of pragmatic measures to provide private enterprises with a “peace of mind” — approvals are no longer cumbersome, financing channels are smoother, and the competitive environment is becoming fairer. This “non-discriminatory, zero-distance” service allows enterprises to focus their energy on innovation and development, truly achieving “big strides forward.”

For the private economy to “flow with innovation,” it is essential to have ample sources of motivation. Innovation is not achieved overnight; it requires full-chain empowerment and comprehensive guarantees. Jinan focuses on the pain points and difficulties in the innovation of private enterprises, constructing a lifecycle empowerment system characterized by “direct policies, element aggregation, and precise services,” allowing the seeds of innovation to take root, bloom, and bear fruit in suitable soil.

It is this “full-chain, no dead angle” support that strengthens enterprises’ confidence in innovation, enabling them to invest in research and development and courageously break through key core technologies, gradually forming a virtuous cycle of “innovation driving development, development feeding back innovation.”

For the private economy to “act steadily and go far,” it cannot be separated from a solid institutional foundation. The business environment is never the best, only better; optimization and improvement are always ongoing. Jinan consistently embodies the persistence of “always on the road,” continuously iterating and upgrading the business environment to build long-term guarantees for the high-quality development of the private economy. Jinan has added new service areas in the industry, promoting the empowerment of government services through technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, achieving a leap from “offline optimization” to “online intelligent governance”… This “continuous iteration and sustained effort” makes Jinan maintain a strong attraction for private enterprises, allowing them not only to “live well” but also to “grow big” and “go far.”

The business environment is productivity and competitiveness. In the current context of accelerating the cultivation of new productive forces and promoting high-quality development, the position and role of the private economy are increasingly prominent. Looking to the future, only by continuing to enrich the “fertile soil” of the business environment and continuously optimizing policy supply and service efficiency can more “good trees” thrive on this land, gathering into a vigorous force that drives the city forward and together writing a new chapter of high-quality development. (Jinan Daily·Love Jinan Reporter: Wang Fei)

Source: Jinan Daily·Love Jinan